Always wondered what Barcelona can give to a tourist. We invite you to visit all of ours Barcelona dedicated articles. There you can find main sights and wondering if there still places to visit. Looking to step off the beaten track and get into the local rhythm? Or maybe you just want to escape the tourist crowds? We try to cover all your wonderlust feeling, whatever your interests, whatever the weather and of course all tips are for travellers with kids.
BesalĂș looks like a film set, and the odd thing is that nobody has filmed there. You cross a fortified twelfth-century bridge over the river FluviĂ â seven uneven arches, two towers and a gatehouse…
Quick answer We’ve been coming to Ciutadella since the boys could walk, and it’s still the park I send visiting families to first. Seventy acres of it, free, ten minutes from the Gothic Quarter, with…
Quick answer AN ARCHITECTURAL TOUR WITH KIDS IN BARCELONA. WALKING TOUR OF BARCELONA HOW TO MOVE AROUND IN BARCELONA? The most instagrammable places in Barcelona. 1. Parc GĂŒell Parc GĂŒell is that kind of place,…
Quick answer One day in Barcelona is not enough, and that’s fine â plenty of people get exactly one, off a cruise ship or between flights, and the question isn’t whether it’s enough but how…
Quick answer Four days is the length where Barcelona starts working properly. Three days covers the sights; the fourth is what lets you leave the city for a day without feeling you’ve stolen time from…
Quick answer We’ve lived in Barcelona since 2010, and the single thing visitors most reliably get wrong here isn’t which sights to see â it’s which ticket to buy. Most people either overpay for a…
Barcelona is a good city to leave for a day. Not because there’s nothing to do in it â we live here, there’s plenty â but because within two hours of Plaça de Catalunya you…
This walking tour is created mainly for the first time visitors. As this walking tour of Barcelona includes 10 main places to see while in Barcelona. Those can be discovered in only 1 day. We…
There is a park thirteen kilometres from Barcelona where the Sagrada FamĂlia comes up to your waist, Montserrat fits in a field, and a child can walk from Girona to Tarragona in about four minutes.…
We’ve taken our two boys out in kayaks on flat water, on the sea and on a reservoir, over several years, working towards one thing: a full day in a kayak. This is what we…
For one week every August, the residents of GrĂ cia turn their own streets into cathedrals, jungles, underwater worlds and outer space â built by hand, out of recycled plastic, cardboard and bottle tops, over months…
To this specific edition we were invited by Barcelona Ăs Molt MĂ©s and Anoia Turisme for an instagrammer event that was organized in Igualada. We were happy enough to participate at this event and see…
An hour inland from Barcelona there’s a small aerodrome at Igualada-Ădena where you can go up in a glider for âŹ150, be towed to 800 metres by a light aircraft, and then have the rope…
Fifteen minutes’ walk from the Sagrada FamĂlia, down a straight avenue that points at it, there is a site of twenty-seven modernist pavilions set in gardens. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site, it was…
Quick answer If you want to visit Sagrada Familia, book in advance, if you are coming in high season, at least 1 month prior to your trip. What it costs Ticket Adult Under 30 /…
CosmoCaixa Barcelona: The Best-Value Day Out We Know Here There is an Amazon rainforest inside a building in the hills above Barcelona. It has caimans in it, and piranhas, and it rains on you. Adults…
One of the best way ever to do in a big city is to enjoy it from above, and when it comes to stunning views, Barcelona is a must see city. There are a lot…
Mystery Escape, a room escape experience in Barcelona. We had the last lock in front of us and about five minutes of work left. Then the hour ran out. We didn’t escape. And it was…
Barcelona has a municipal sailing centre at Port OlĂmpic, and you can go out on a 7-metre keelboat from it for two hours with a skipper. It is one of the best things we’ve done…
Cotton House sits on Gran Via at the Passeig de GrĂ cia end, in the building that was the headquarters of the Cotton Producers’ Guild. It kept the marble staircase, the parquet floors, the panelling and…